Tour de France (France) - Press Release: Tadej Pogacar took his third stage victory at Luz Ardiden the day after he won at col du Portet, giving one more evidence that he’s by far the strongest GC contender of the 108th Tour de France. Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz rounded out the podium at the top of the last uphill finish. Pogacar added to the yellow and the white jerseys the polka dot jersey he already won last year as well.

Gaudu the last to surrender:

Gaudu rode Latour off in the downhill. He had 45’’ lead over the yellow jersey peloton led by Ineos Grenadiers with 20km to go and started climbing to Luz Ardiden alone at the front. The Breton climber was swallowed 9.5km before the end. With 5.5km to go, Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) took over from the British and made the group explode. Pogacar sped up to make a front group of 5 riders with 3.5km to, along with Carapaz, Vingegaard, Kuss and Mas. The latter sped up on two occasions but Pogacar didn’t let a third victory go. It’s already as many as last year before the individual time trial on the eve of the grand finale.